Summary of an article by David C. Grabowski and Karen E. Joynt Maddox, published in JAMA, recommending policies to support preparedness for COVID-19 in the postacute care sector.… Read More »Article summary: Postacute Care Preparedness for COVID-19 Thinking Ahead (US)
By Courtney H. Van Houtven and Nathan Boucher As COVID-19spreads in the U.S., the long-term services and supports (LTSS or LTC) system is grappling with… Read More »Report from the U.S.: the COVID-19 epidemic’s arrival reveals safety net gaps and deficiencies that will harm long-term care workers, carers, and their care recipients
By Lee-Fay Low (University of Sidney) Australia’s first COVID outbreak in long term care Australia’s second and third COVID-19 deaths were 95-year old and 82-year-old… Read More »Report: COVID-19 in nursing homes and policy responses in Australia
By Adelina Comas-Herrera (CPEC) As disturbing news emerge about the collapse of nursing homes in Spain due to COVID-19, where the army entered to find… Read More »COVID-19 outbreaks and deaths in residential and nursing homes: lessons learnt from Spain, Italy and the US
LTC COVID-19 – Ireland 22.03.2020 Government policy On 16 March 2020, the Irish Government published a National Action Plan on COVID-19, which will continue to… Read More »Ireland: Government Long-Term Care policy responses to COVID-19 (by Maria Pierce, Dublin City University)
Boletín del SIIS Centro de Documentación y Estudios que recopila las medidas sociales que se están activando en el marco de la crisis del COVID-19… Read More »Bulletín COVID-19 y servicios sociales del SIIS Centro de Documentación y Estudios (España)
The Austrlian Federal Government has announced an additional $444.6 million in funding for the aged care sector to support staff retention in residential aged care… Read More »Australia: Additional public funds to support the Long-Term Care sector through the COVID-19 outbreak
The UK’s Department of Health and Social Care has issued an ethical framework to support the decisions of local authorities and the wider health and… Read More »Responding to COVID-19: the ethical framework for adult social care, guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care (UK)
The Inter-Agency standing Committee (the highest-level humanitarian coordination forum of the United Nations System) has published an Interim Briefing note on: Addressing Mental Health and… Read More »The Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s Briefing note on: Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Aspects of COVID-19
